--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ PYTHON := $(shell which python3 || which python)
 endif
 
 # Default allocator defaults to Jemalloc on Linux and libc otherwise
-MALLOC=libc
-ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
-	MALLOC=jemalloc
-endif
+MALLOC?=jemalloc
 
 # To get ARM stack traces if Valkey crashes we need a special C flag.
 ifneq (,$(filter aarch64 armv%,$(uname_M)))
@@ -330,9 +327,8 @@ ifeq ($(MALLOC),tcmalloc_minimal)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(MALLOC),jemalloc)
-	DEPENDENCY_TARGETS+= jemalloc
-	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -I../deps/jemalloc/include
-	FINAL_LIBS := ../deps/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a $(FINAL_LIBS)
+	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -DJEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE
+	FINAL_LIBS+= -ljemalloc -ldl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_LTTNG),yes)